Empire Gas & Fuel Co. v. Allen

GRUBB, District Judge.

This is a writ of error from a judgment of the District Court for the Northern District of Texas, in favor of the defendants in error (plaintiffs in the District Court) and against the plaintiff in error (defendant in the District Court), for the amount of a bonus, with interest, which it was alleged the defendant contracted to pay the plaintiffs for the execution and delivery of a lease on certain lands owned by the plaintiffs. The right of recovery-depends upon a showing by the plaintiffs of an executed agreement, which included a showing of a delivery and acceptance…